- Det. John Munch: Maybe I'll just get a van and drive all around this country and wherever that van breaks down, I'll just throw open the back door and perform puppet shows!
- Det. Meldrick Lewis: [Crosetti thinks a shooting death is a suicide] There's no note.
- Det. Steve Crosetti: Maybe he wasn't the literary type.
- Lt. Al Giardello: [to Frank and Tim] I want to see both of you in my office in one hour.
- Det. Tim Bayliss: [to Frank] Why am I suddenly becoming very happy you're the primary on this case?
- Det. Sgt. Kay Howard: Most of the people who kill are men, and most of the people who get killed are men. I'm surrounded by men solving crimes by men.